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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2017
Applicant:
Itron, Inc., Liberty Lake, WA (US);
Inventors:
Jerome Bartier, Edinburgh, GB;
James Laurence Taylor, Sherborne, GB;
Viet-Hung Nguyen, Saint-Mande, FR;
Assignee:
Itron, Inc., Liberty Lake, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/18 (2006.01); H04L 12/753 (2013.01); H04L 12/801 (2013.01); H04L 12/813 (2013.01); H04L 12/927 (2013.01); H04L 12/931 (2013.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04W 28/02 (2009.01); H04W 40/24 (2009.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/1886 (2013.01); H04L 12/18 (2013.01); H04L 12/185 (2013.01); H04L 12/189 (2013.01); H04L 12/1836 (2013.01); H04L 12/1854 (2013.01); H04L 45/48 (2013.01); H04L 47/15 (2013.01); H04L 47/20 (2013.01); H04L 47/806 (2013.01); H04L 49/201 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01); H04L 69/26 (2013.01); H04W 28/021 (2013.01); H04W 40/248 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
Techniques for limiting forwarding of multicast communications are described herein. For example, the techniques intelligently forward data along paths of a network where members of a multicast group are located. As such, nodes that do not lead to members of the multicast group may be pruned from distribution of the data. This reduces network communications, ultimately conserving processing, communication, and/or battery resources of the nodes.